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PARALLEL BARS All Champions
A
Frenchman
(Joseph Martinez) and a Luxemburger (Francoise
Hentges) were the winners on parallel bars at the 1st
International Tournament in Antwerp which was later given the status of 1st
World Championships. They were followed by Italians, Yugoslavs (e.g. Leon
Stukelj 1922)
as well as Swiss gymnasts, all f whom took the title on parallel bars at
one time or oher. The era of the Soviet school of gymnastics in the
fifties (Chukarin,
Shakhlin) was succeeded by a series of Japanese gymnasts, Nakayama,
Kenmotsu, Gushiken, with a notable interrruption by Bart
Connor (USA, 1979). In the eighties, Wladimir
Artiomow (URS) was champion on parallel bars
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In
the last few years, Asian gymnasts
have dominated the field of parallel bars gymnastics; only Russian
athletes have managed to break into their ranks.
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In
2001, however, a US gymnast managed to win a gold medal on
parallel bars for the first time since 1979 (Bart Connor): Sean
Townsend
won the second parallel bars medal for the US, while Erik
Lopez
won the second World Championships medal in total for Cuba.
Between 2001 and 2006 there were four Chinese triumphs on parallel
bars, with a break only for Mitja
Petkovsek's
(SLO) win in 2005.
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finalists
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2007
Stuttgart
GER |
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2006
Aarhus |
YANG,
Wei (CHN) |
Hiroyuki
Tomita (JPN) |
YOO,
Won Chul (KOR) |
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2005
Melbourne |
Mitja
Petkovsek (SLO) |
LI,
Xiaopeng (CHN) |
Yann
Cucherat (FRA) |
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2003
Anaheim |
LI,
Xiaopeng (CHN) |
HUANG,
Xu (CHN)
A. Nemov (RUS |
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2002
Debrecen |
LI,
Xiaopeng (CHN) |
M.
Petkovsek
(SLO) |
A.
Sinkevich
(BLR) |
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2001
Gent |
S.
Townsend
(USA) |
E. Lopez
(CUB) |
I. Ivankov
(BLR) |
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1999
Tianjin |
LEE,
Joo-Hyung (KOR) |
A.
Bondarenko
(RUS)
N. Tsukahara (JPN) |
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1997
Lausanne |
Zhang,
Jinjing (CHN) |
LI,
Xiaopeng (CHN) |
N.
Tsukahara
(JPN) |
4.
S. Charkow
(GER) |
1996
San Juan |
R.
Sharipov (UKR) |
V.
Scherbo
(BLR)
A. Nemov (RUS) |
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6.
V. Belenki
(GER) |
1995
Sabae |
V.
Scherbo (BLR) |
Huang,
Liping (CHN) |
H.
Tanaka
(JPN) |
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1994
Brisbane |
Huang,
Liping (CHN) |
R.
Sharipov
(UKR) |
A.
Nemov
(RUS) |
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1993
Birmingham |
V.
Scherbo (BLR) |
I.
Korobchinski
(UKR) |
V.
Belenki
(EUN) |
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1992
Paris |
Li,
Jing (CHN)
A. Voropaev (RUS) |
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V.
Belenki
(EUN) |
(Qu.)
M.Beckmann (GER)
(Qu.) M.Belle (GER) |
1991
Indianapolis |
Li,
Jing (CHN) |
I.
Korobchinski
(URS) |
Guo,
Linyao (CHN) |
5.
S. Kroll
(GER)
6. M. Franke (GER |
..after the political changes
at the beginning of the nineties:
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